Sea of Thieves is a game that lets you make your own fun with a variety of tools and a massive, naval world to adventure across. Though it is very much a sandbox-style game, there are a bunch of guided activities you can take part in as well. Here is a rundown of what will be available at launch.

Sea of Thieves Guilds

At launch, Sea of Thieves will let you accept quests from three different guilds, building up three different reputation progression systems and unlocking rewards for each. Here are each of the guilds, what kind of missions they offer, and the types of rewards you get for completing them.

The Gold Hoarders

As their name suggests, the Gold Hoarders are all about shiny things. They give you quests to track down buried treasure on forgotten islands. You must head to an island and figure out the location of the treasure using the red ‘x’ on the map in relation to the island’s landmarks, or by following the clues found in a riddle.

Do not go looking for quest guides online because these missions will be different every time. Quests to uncover buried treasure are procedurally generated. The game chooses an island, picks a landmark, places the chest somewhere around it, then generates a riddle based on its location.

Each guild gives out rewards that represent their playstyle, so expect fancy new shovels and compasses from the Gold Hoarders.

The Order of Souls

The Order of Souls are all about bounty hunts. Their missions will send you to an island, where you will fight some skeletons, kill the skeleton captain, and then try to get its skull back to the guild. Not only will you have to contend with other pirates along the way, you will also have to put up with the skull whispering in your ear.

For your troubles, you will unlock swanky lanterns and tankards.

The Merchants Alliance

Accepting missions for The Merchants Alliance will task with ferrying chickens, pigs, and snakes across the open seas. You will have to keep your animals alive as well as keep other players away from them. Stop snakes from attacking your pigs with a venoumous bite by singing them a shanty, feed your pigs bananas throughout the journey, and make sure they don’t drown below deck if you are caught in a storm.

Since some of these objectives are timed you will unlock fancy new pocket watches for completing them. You can also get new spy glasses to keep an eye out for any would-be robbers.

Sea of Thieves raids and public events

On top of guilds, Sea of Thieves has emergent events that you can take part in. These events will draw in every player sailing nearby, so make sure you are well stocked if you decide to wade in.

The Kraken

Rare showed off this massive beast behind closed doors, showing two tentacles enveloping a galleon, tearing it apart, as the other tentacles grabbed players and dunked them underwater or slammed them onto their deck.

The Kraken could show up in the world through mysterious circumstances, allowing you the chance to team up and fight it. There will also be a secret way to summon the creature in-game you know, just in case you are a masochist.

Skeleton Forts

Islands can sometimes incubate skeletons and become Skeleton Forts, in which case they are highlighted by a skull-shaped cloud hanging over the top of them that pulsates. Skeleton Forts are filled with bony baddies that you need to clear out. Right in the middle of them is a Skeleton Captain – kill him and he drops a physical key to a vault of goodies in the island’s bowels.

These vaults contain so much treasure that it will take a single crew multiple trips to get it all back to their vessel. You can either try get it all yourself, work with other crews and share the loot, steal the loot from another crew, or do a last-minute double-cross on your temporary allies. Due to that massive skull in the sky acting as a beacon there will be plenty of rival crews looking to nab the riches.